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  • Mims v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph C. Timothy Lewis, (JCTL LAW), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joshua Bradley Smith, Natalie Spires Paine, Henry Wayne Syms, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0244

    Evidence Was Sufficient to Sustain Murder Conviction; Jury Was Not Required to Believe Appellant's Explanation as to His Culpability

  • Champ v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Bradford Lee Rigby, (Cordele Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1552

    Court Remands Case for Trial Court to Hold a Hearing and Rule on Appellant's Constitutional Right-to-Be-Present Claim

  • In the Matter of Jeffrey Bull Grable.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-12
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, Wolanda R. Shelton, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Bull Grable, Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: S21Y0603

    Voluntary Surrender of License Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Who Admitted to Abandoning Client

  • Carston v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad, (Haddad Law Group, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Peter J. Skandalakis, John Clinton Winne, John H. Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1157

    Appellant Failed to Show That the Trial Court Erred in Admitting Video of a Gang Beating of the Victim That Did Not Involve Appellant

  • In the Matter of Patrick A. Powell.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-12
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Anthony Powell, (Patrick Powell & Associates), Dacula, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, LaVonda Rochelle DeWitt, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S21Y0468

    Disbarment Was Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Who Intentionally Abandoned Client in Criminal Matter

  • In the Matter of David R. Sicay-Perrow.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-11
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David R. Sicay-Perrow, (Sicay-Perrow & Knighten PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21Y0158

    Attorney's Misappropriation of Trust Funds And General Pattern of Dishonest Conduct Warranted Disbarment

  • In the Matter of Stephen Vincent Fitzgerald, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-25
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Russell David Willard, Elizabeth T. Young, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Heidi Manroe Faenza, Rebecca S. Mick, (Office of Bar Admissions), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gene Chapman, (Gene Chapman LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21Z0449

    Court grants attorney's application for readmission to the Georgia Bar following his earlier voluntary surrender of his license.

  • In the Matter of William D. Thompson, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-24
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William deForest Thompson, (William Deforest Thompson Jr. PA), Fort Myers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21Y0355

    Court rejects attorney's petition for voluntary reciprocal discipline due to multiple deficiencies

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-02-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County Solicitor General), Lawrenceville, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0256

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's argument that he had no preconceived intention to kill the murder victim.

  • Middlebrooks v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-02-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holly Yelton Peace, (Manning Peace, LLC), Peachtree City for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Darius T. Pattillo, Sharon Lee Hopkins, James Luther Wright, (Flint Circuit District Attorneys Office), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0381

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenges to admission of evidence of his gang affiliation